The Lexus And The Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman

To start using Lexus and olive tree is not only a good book's title but also a metaphor of this book. The title Lexus is a way that everyone in the world wants the best products. Just to get newer and better products. If someone joins the parade and others want it, it will be a competition that no one notices. On the other hand, olive trees are often regarded as small towns. They will stay in their own country and protect themselves.

Thomas Friedman's article Abstract: Author and author of Thomas Friedman's "Lexus and olive tree" very seriously studied the structure of today's human interaction. From a political journalist's point of view, Friedman often took a humorous approach to what he thought of as the era of globalization. Political theories such as communism, oligopoly or dictatorship are no longer valid. Because capitalism obviously wins and the new idea of ​​connecting the world is globalization. He believes that all of the trends of economics, politics, religion, psychology, culture, and fashion will be instantly transmitted to every corner of the earth. "Unfortunately, the globalization system found earlier that we could train ourselves for observation and understanding" (Friedman 15)

Lexus and olive trees written by Thomas L. Friedman will examine the phenomenon of globalization in our world and how to build a new international system that will replace the Cold War. This new global system connects people all over the world with recessionary Southeast Asians, Thai bankers and American entrepreneurs. Mr. Friedman thinks that our world has narrowed from small to small with democratization of technology, information and finance, and that people around the world can provide information cheaper, deeper and faster.

Today's world is quite different from the world of the Cold War era. In the first half of the novels "Lexus" and "Olive Tree", the author Thomas Friedman uses images and symbols to better explain the concept of globalization. Globalization is defined by Friedman: "It is not some economic fashion, it is not merely an outdated trend.It is an international system.I will continue to explain how this new system works There is no intermediate position on globalization, whether you are part of it or not